Biografía:
William Alan Finn (b. February 28, 1952, Boston, Massachusetts) is an award-winning American composer and lyricist, especially of musicals.
William Finn grew up in Natick, Massachusetts with his parents and siblings, Michael and Nancy. He majored in music at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He lives with his life partner in New York City and Pittsfield, MA, where he is an independent composer and writer. He is also "Adjunct Faculty Composer/Lyricist" at NYU.
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[Intro]
C G C G
[Verse]
C G
Ponies in the sun
Am G
The race is soon beginning
C G
My father bet the family fortune
Am G
On a sleek brown horse
Am E
My father had a hunch
F
We gave up lunch
Dm E Am
So Daddy could make a wager
C G
Ma would scoff
G
She would scoff
G
Hear her scoff
[Chorus]
C
And they're off!
Am
(La la la la la)
G
Yeah, they're off!
F
(La la la la la)
C
And they move in a herd
Am
Like a four letter word
G
And they're off!
E
(La la la la la)
Am G F D
Tickets float to the ground
C Am
And the band starts to play
G
As the horses go round
C G
And they're off!
C G
[Verse]
C G
Mommy sat and cried
Am G
But Dad was unaffected
G
He said
C G
"Have you ever had a better two minutes
Am G
In the last three years?"
G
She said
Am E
"But Joe, the dumb horse lost!"
E
He said
F Dm E
"Sometimes joy has a terrible cost
Am C Am
I know that"
G
We would laugh
G
We would sneer
G
We would scoff
[Chorus]
C
And they're off!
Am
(La la la la la)
G
Yeah, they're off!
F
(La la la la la)
C
Mommy's biting his neck
Am
As they roll on the deck
G
And they're off
E
(La la la la la)
Am G F D
There is blood on the ground
C Am
And the band starts to play
G
As the horses go round
And they're off!
[Bridge]
G#
Isn't life funny?
People lose money
Cm
And have fun
G#
Betting, of course, is
Hell on the horses
G
And on families where the betting is done
G
It's a joke to believe someone's won
[Verse]
C G
All we did was fight
Am G
Plus they discussed the weather
C G
My father bet the family fortune
Am G
Till it disappeared
Am E
We also laughed a lot
F E Am D
That was a thing I often forgot to tell you
G
But it's true
G
Yes, it's true
G
It is true
[Chorus]
C
And he's off!
Am
(La la la la la)
G
Daddy's off!
F
(La la la la la)
C
We get letters from Maine
Am
Where he tries to explain
G
Why he's off
E
(La la la la la)
Am G F D
What was lost was not found
C Am
And the band starts to play
G
As the horses go round
[Chorus]
C
And they're off!
Am
(I hear the bell at the starting gate)
G
They are off!
F
(We're salivating as we're moving, moving down the track)
C
And they move in a herd
Am
Like a four letter word
G
And they're off!
E
(Coming down the stretch)
Am G F D
There is blood on the ground
C Am
And the band starts to play
G
As the horses go round
[Outro]
Am
And round and round
Am
And round and round
Am
And round and round
Am
And round and round
Am
And round and round
G
And round and round
And round and round
C
And they're off!
C G C G
[Verse]
C G
Ponies in the sun
Am G
The race is soon beginning
C G
My father bet the family fortune
Am G
On a sleek brown horse
Am E
My father had a hunch
F
We gave up lunch
Dm E Am
So Daddy could make a wager
C G
Ma would scoff
G
She would scoff
G
Hear her scoff
[Chorus]
C
And they're off!
Am
(La la la la la)
G
Yeah, they're off!
F
(La la la la la)
C
And they move in a herd
Am
Like a four letter word
G
And they're off!
E
(La la la la la)
Am G F D
Tickets float to the ground
C Am
And the band starts to play
G
As the horses go round
C G
And they're off!
C G
[Verse]
C G
Mommy sat and cried
Am G
But Dad was unaffected
G
He said
C G
"Have you ever had a better two minutes
Am G
In the last three years?"
G
She said
Am E
"But Joe, the dumb horse lost!"
E
He said
F Dm E
"Sometimes joy has a terrible cost
Am C Am
I know that"
G
We would laugh
G
We would sneer
G
We would scoff
[Chorus]
C
And they're off!
Am
(La la la la la)
G
Yeah, they're off!
F
(La la la la la)
C
Mommy's biting his neck
Am
As they roll on the deck
G
And they're off
E
(La la la la la)
Am G F D
There is blood on the ground
C Am
And the band starts to play
G
As the horses go round
And they're off!
[Bridge]
G#
Isn't life funny?
People lose money
Cm
And have fun
G#
Betting, of course, is
Hell on the horses
G
And on families where the betting is done
G
It's a joke to believe someone's won
[Verse]
C G
All we did was fight
Am G
Plus they discussed the weather
C G
My father bet the family fortune
Am G
Till it disappeared
Am E
We also laughed a lot
F E Am D
That was a thing I often forgot to tell you
G
But it's true
G
Yes, it's true
G
It is true
[Chorus]
C
And he's off!
Am
(La la la la la)
G
Daddy's off!
F
(La la la la la)
C
We get letters from Maine
Am
Where he tries to explain
G
Why he's off
E
(La la la la la)
Am G F D
What was lost was not found
C Am
And the band starts to play
G
As the horses go round
[Chorus]
C
And they're off!
Am
(I hear the bell at the starting gate)
G
They are off!
F
(We're salivating as we're moving, moving down the track)
C
And they move in a herd
Am
Like a four letter word
G
And they're off!
E
(Coming down the stretch)
Am G F D
There is blood on the ground
C Am
And the band starts to play
G
As the horses go round
[Outro]
Am
And round and round
Am
And round and round
Am
And round and round
Am
And round and round
Am
And round and round
G
And round and round
And round and round
C
And they're off!
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